Leading Security Experts

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Ed Cabrera

Chief Cybersecurity Officer

"The largest threats to global cybersecurity are those that emanate from cybercriminal undergrounds. What is needed is a global cybersecurity strategy that leverages the power of public-private partnerships to disrupt, degrade and deny cybercriminals’ freedom of movement and the ability to monetise their attacks."

About: Eduardo Cabrera is responsible for analysing emerging cyber threats to develop innovative and resilient enterprise risk management strategies for Fortune 500 clients and strategic partners. Before joining Trend Micro, he was a 20-year veteran and former CISO of the United States Secret Service with experience leading information security, cyber investigative, and protective programs in support of the Secret Service integrated mission.

He started his career investigating transnational cyber criminal groups targeting the financial and retail sectors. He proudly served on the Presidential Protective Division for President George W. Bush before transitioning to lead cyber forensic operations in support of Secret Service large-scale data breach investigations. He served as the Secret Service Strategic Advisor to the DHS National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) where he led an interagency effort to share real-time actionable threat intelligence with Information Sharing and Analysis Organisations (ISAO) and critical infrastructure partners.

He is a guest lecturer at New York University Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science and Engineering Department and was a contributing subject matter expert on law enforcement; cyber security strategy and policy; and computer forensics and network intrusion incident response for the 2014 Risk and Responsibility in a Hyperconnected World; 2012 Homeland Security Advisory Council Task Force on Cyber Skills Report; and 2012 Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity Involving Fraud in the U.S. Financial Services Sector. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA).

Rik Ferguson

Vice President, Security Research

“This is not about open source versus closed; it’s also not about Android versus iOS or any other mobile operating system. It’s about criminals versus people, it’s about hype and reality, and it’s about knee-jerk self-preservation versus openness and consideration.”

About: Rik is actively engaged in research into online threats and the underground economy. He also researches the wider implications of new developments in the Information Technology arena and their impact on security both for consumers and in the enterprise, contributing to product development and marketing plans. Recognised as an industry thought leader and analyst, Rik is regularly quoted by the press on issues surrounding information security, cybercrime and technology futures by trade, national and international media. Follow Rik on Twitter.

Favorite quote: “If you want to live life on your own terms, you’ve got to be willing to crash and burn” – Nikki Sixx

Mark Nunnikhoven

Vice President, Cloud Research

“Ignore the hype. What’s exciting about the cloud is that it enables focus, it enables amplification. For the first time, teams can spend almost 100% of their time directly delivering business value and that opens up worlds of possibilities.”

About: Mark helps organisations build securely in the cloud
Opinionated, passionate, and driven, Mark is more than a clichéd byline. In his 20+ years of tackling development and operational challenges around the world, Mark has seen all manner of "interesting" solutions.

Teaching the community through his writing, speaking, and code, Mark works hard to help everyone modernise their security practices.

As the Vice President of Cloud Research, Mark sits at the nexus of internal product development, academic and industry research, and the latest advancements from Trend Micro's cloud partners. This unique viewpoint gives Mark a down-to-earth view despite his focus on cloud computing.

He holds a Master of Information Security Systems degree with specialisation in Digital Forensics, is an engaging public speaker, an O'Reilly video author, and an accomplished computer scientist and security executive.

About: Bill helps clients achieve an effective information security posture spanning endpoints, networks, servers, cloud, and the Internet of Things. This process involves technology, policy, organisational design, and procedures; and influences the product lifecycle from acquisition or development through deployment, operations, maintenance, and replacement, or retirement. Starting as an application developer, Bill moved to OS development at IBM Poughkeepsie and joined Gartner in 1990 where he ran the Information Security Strategies and Application Integration and Middleware services. He served as CTO of Waveset, an Identity Management provider, prior to its acquisition by Sun. .

Greg Young

Vice President for Cybersecurity

Experience: 30 years cybersecurity

Specialty: Securing networks, architectures, and data.

About: Greg’s focus is on enterprise class security. Greg is keen on sharing the reality of security in larger organisations, and how business can be done securely in those environments. As a Research Vice President with Gartner for 13 years Greg advised thousands of companies and governments on how to better secure themselves, evaluated and advised hundreds of security vendors, and has seen those same technologies successfully used, abused, put on a shelf, or pushed into a deep hole and never to be spoken of again.

At Gartner he led research for network security, threat trends, data center security, cloud netsec and microsegmentation. He authored more than 20 Magic Quadrants for firewall, IPS, WAF, and UTM, and was Conference Chair for 4 Security Summits. He headed several large security consulting practices, was CISO for the Department of Communications, and was Chief Security Architect for a security product company. He was a commissioned officer in the military police and counter-intelligence branch working as a Certifier/Accreditor at the national authority, and received the Confederation Medal from the Governor General of Canada for his work with smart card security.

Greg was named in the “12 Most Powerful Security Companies” and as one of “100 Most Powerful Voices In Worldwide Security”. Greg too often mentions he was an extra in 2 episodes of Airwolf.

Favorite Quote: “Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice” – Anton Chekov

Lynette Owens

“A community approach to teaching kids to think critically on their own about what they are saying, doing, and sharing online is more important than ever.”

Experience: 20 years

Specialty: Internet safety for youth, families, and teachers

Education: MBA, University of California, Berkeley; BS Finance, Boston College

About: Lynette T. Owens is founder and Global Director of Trend Micro’s Internet Safety for Kids and Families (ISKF) program. After many years in marketing roles and serving 6 years as Associate Vice President of corporate marketing for Trend Micro, Lynette founded ISKF in 2008 to extend the company’s vision of making a world safe for the exchange of digital information to the world’s youngest citizens. As a pro-technology parent and Internet safety advocate, Lynette spends her time educating the public, collaborating with NGOs and technology and media companies, and recruiting employee volunteers in 19 countries. She is an advisory board member of the newly formed U.S. Safer Internet Day Awareness Committee. Follow Lynette on Twitter.

Favorite quote: "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." – William Butler Yeats

Jon Clay

Cyber Security Expert

“The threats today are unique for each victim and move from endpoint to data center, and as such organisations need to shift the paradigm of multiple vendors to a single, connected threat defence model to improve detection and visibility across their network.”

About: Jon Clay is responsible for managing marketing messages and external publication of all the threat research and intelligence within Trend Micro as well different core technologies. As an accomplished public speaker with hundreds of speaking sessions around the globe, Jon focuses on the threat landscape and the use of big data in protecting against today’s sophisticated threats. Jon has held roles within Trend Micro as a Sales Engineer, Sales Engineering Manager, Training Manager and Product Marketing Manager for SMB prior to taking over as Director of Global Threat Communications. Jon is also a volunteer speaker for the Trend Micro Internet Safety for Kids and Families program. This experience has given him a broad technical background and understanding of the security requirements of businesses as well as an excellent understanding of the threat landscape. In his spare time he enjoys fly fishing & fly tying, golf, tennis, and spending time with his family.